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Blurring Tradition and Modernity

Blurring Tradition and Modernity

The Impact of Japanese Colonization and Ch’oe Sŭng-hŭi on Dance in South Korea Today

Chapter:

8 Blurring Tradition and Modernity

Source:

Consuming Korean Tradition in Early and Late Modernity

Author(s):

Judy Van Zile

Publisher:

University of Hawai'i Press

DOI:10.21313/hawaii/9780824833930.003.0009

This chapter examines selected dance characteristics and experiences of Ch'oe Sŭng-hŭI (1911–1964?), their relationship to the times in which she lived and performed, and their contribution to a kind of dance that serves, today, as a visual symbol of Korea. Ch'oe began her dance career and quickly rose to stardom during colonial times. Her explicit desire to be Korean but in a modern way, and to satisfy diverse audiences in the dances she choreographed and performed prior to relocating to what is now North Korea, are foregrounded in order to show the impact she had on dance in South Korea today. Ultimately her experiences and the kind of dance she pioneered point to issues involved in the ongoing redefinition of tradition and who defines it, and in the uses of tradition in modern times.

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